2019
Complex interplay of evolutionary forces shaping population genomic structure of invasive Aedes albopictus in southern Europe
Pichler V, Kotsakiozi P, Caputo B, Serini P, Caccone A, della Torre A. Complex interplay of evolutionary forces shaping population genomic structure of invasive Aedes albopictus in southern Europe. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2019, 13: e0007554. PMID: 31437154, PMCID: PMC6705758, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007554.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDouble digest Restriction-site Associated DNAHistorical contextMultiple independent invasionsSouth East AsiaRestriction-site Associated DNAPopulation genomic structureInvasive Aedes albopictusInvasion historyWorldwide expansionSouthern EuropeFirst countryHistoryAnimal invasionsItalyEuropeAlbaniaSuccessful historyRecent invasionMigration patternsHuman arbovirusesComplex interplayMultiple geographic locationsIndependent invasionsColonistsInvasive range
2014
Worldwide phylogeography of the invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi (Ctenophora) based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA data
Bayha K, Chang M, Mariani C, Richardson J, Edwards D, DeBoer T, Moseley C, Aksoy E, Decker M, Gaffney P, Harbison G, McDonald J, Caccone A. Worldwide phylogeography of the invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi (Ctenophora) based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA data. Biological Invasions 2014, 17: 827-850. DOI: 10.1007/s10530-014-0770-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMicrosatellite data setsCtenophore Mnemiopsis leidyiM. leidyiGenetic differentiationCytb dataInvasion historyNative rangeAtlantic coastMicrosatellite dataMnemiopsis leidyiBaltic SeaInvasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyiNuclear microsatellite lociConsiderable gene flowConsiderable genetic differentiationUS Atlantic coastMitochondrial DNA dataCape HatterasSouthern invasionsGulf of MexicoFishery collapseNorthern invasionPelagic ecologyBiogeographic boundariesPhylogeographic patterns